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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-01-03 17:33:21 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-01-03 17:34:31 +0100
commit2403b1caa51e59b442f80d223e4de6faecfcc5ca (patch)
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parent1e18d8416f9ef43bf08982cabe54220587061a08 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-2403b1caa51e59b442f80d223e4de6faecfcc5ca.tar.gz
doc: adjust NEWS
* NEWS (New programs): Move this small section to the top. (df): Reword entry, from Pádraig Brady.
-rw-r--r--NEWS17
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@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** New programs
+
+ realpath: print resolved file names.
+
** Bug fixes
du -x no longer counts root directories of other file systems.
@@ -36,20 +40,17 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Changes in behavior
- df, with no non-option argument and recent enough kernel/tools, would
- print a long UUID-including file system name, pushing second and subsequent
- columns far to the right. Now, when that long name refers to a symlink,
- df prints the usually-short referent instead.
+ df avoids long UUID-including file system names in the default listing.
+ With recent enough kernel/tools, these long names would be used, pushing
+ second and subsequent columns far to the right. Now, when a long name
+ refers to a symlink, and no file systems are specified, df prints the
+ usually-short referent instead.
tail -f now uses polling (not inotify) when any of its file arguments
resides on a file system of unknown type. In addition, for each such
argument, tail -f prints a warning with the FS type magic number and a
request to report it to the bug-reporting address.
-** New programs
-
- realpath: print resolved file names.
-
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.14 (2011-10-12) [stable]